Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993

The Minister may prepare an explanatory document in relation to the draft SPPs or a draft amendment of the SPPs.

The Minister, by notice to the Commission, may direct the Commission to prepare and submit to the Minister, within a period specified in the notice, an explanatory document in relation to the draft SPPs or a draft amendment of the SPPs.

An explanatory document in relation to the draft SPPs or a draft amendment of the SPPs is a document setting out in general terms the purpose and terms of the draft SPPs or the draft amendment of the SPPs.

The Commission must, within the period specified in a notice under subsection (2) in relation to the draft SPPs or a draft amendment of the SPPs, submit to the Minister an explanatory document in relation to the draft SPPs or the draft amendment of the SPPs.

The Minister may approve in relation to the draft SPPs or a draft amendment of the SPPs – an explanatory document prepared by him or her under subsection (1); or an explanatory document submitted to him or her under subsection (4) and amended by the Minister as the Minister thinks fit.